IR Magazine Australia Awards 2005 to be Presented September 21, in Association with Computershare.Sydney, Australia, Sept 15, 2005 - (JCN Newswire) - Once again, Australia&s community of investor relations Investor relations The process by which the corporation communicates with its investors. professionals will gather together at a black-tie evening affair on Wednesday, September 21 to learn who has earned the most plaudits from the investment community. The sixth annual IR Magazine Australia Awards is hosted by IR magazine in association with Computershare, the global leader in share registration, employee equity plans and other specialised financial advisory and communications services, and will take place at the Westin Sydney. The awards are based on an annual independent survey of the investment community to identify those companies considered to be leading exponents of investor relations in the UK. The research, conducted for the fifth year by the Financial Research Company, also investigates contemporary developments affecting the IR profession. Additionally, there will be an Australasian Investor Relations Association (AIRA) conference in association with IR magazine during the day, prior to the evening awards ceremony. The conference will comprise plenary sessions, streamed breakout discussions and expert presentations on the most pressing issues and challenges facing today's IRO IRO - In Receipt Of IRO - In Region Of IRO - In Respect Of IRO - Incident Response Operations (NRC) IRO - Independent Review Officer/Office IRO - Industrial Relations Office IRO - Industrial Relations Ordinance (Pakistan) IRO - Inland Revenue Ordinance IRO - Instructor Rated Operator IRO - Insulated Uranium Oxide IRO - Interest Rate Option IRO - Internal Replenishment Order (Inventory Control Application Systems) IRO - Internal Review Office. The sixth annual awards for the Australian market is a much-anticipated event in the industry; last year's awards ceremony drew more than 200 IROs IROS - Improved Relief On Station IROS - Increased Reliability of Operational System IROS - Intelligent Robots and Systems (Conference) IROS - Internet Radio Operating System (Rooftop), CFOs, CEOs and service providers. Among the 17 award categories are grand prix for best investor relations by an ASX ASX - Active Streaming XML ASX - Asymptomatic ASX - Australian Stock Exchange ASX - Auxiliary Switch Exchange ASX - Windows Media Player Playlist (file extension) 100 company and non-ASX 100 company, best IR by a CEO or chairman at an ASX 100 company and non-ASX 100 company, best IRO at an ASX 100 company and non-ASX 100 company, and best applied corporate governance. A shortlist of companies in each award category is attached. The awards are in association with Computershare, and co-sponsored by AAP MediaNet, ACN Newswire, Armstrong Miller+McLaren, Australian Stock Exchange, boardroomradio, Citibank, Georgeson Shareholder Communications, Orient Capital, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Sky News Australia, Thomson STREAMX and World Television. About IR magazine and the IR Magazine Awards Published in New York and London by Cross-Border Publishing, IR magazine is the only global publication focused on the interface between companies and their investors. IR magazine has hosted annual awards ceremonies in the US, the UK, continental Europe and Canada since 1991, with a combined attendance of more than 6,000 investor relations professionals. For more information, go to www.irawards.com. Awards shortlist, in company alphabetical order Grand prix for best investor relations by an ASX 100 company ANZ ANZ - Australia and New Zealand ANZ - Air New Zealand (NZ national airline) ANZ - Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited BHP Billiton Billiton: see Belitung. BlueScope Steel Stockland Grand prix for best investor relations by a non-ASX 100 company Coates Hire David Jones Macarthur Coal SFE Corporation SingTel Smorgon Steel Valad Property Group Best investor relations officer at an ASX 100 company Stephen Higgins - ANZ John Knowles - BlueScope Steel Sean O'Sullivan - St George Bank Johanna Keating - Stockland Best investor relations officer at a non-ASX 100 company Helen Karlis - David Jones Karen Mazor - Hutchison Telecoms Robert Reis - Nufarm Bruce Loveday - Smorgon Steel Best investor relations by a CEO or chairman at an ASX 100 company John McFarlane - ANZ Chip Goodyear - BHP Billiton Grant King - Origin Energy Gail Kelly - St George Bank Best investor relations by a CEO or chairman at a non-ASX 100 company Bruce Phillips - AWE Malcolm Jackman - Coates Hire Mark McInnes - David Jones Most progress in investor relations by an ASX 100 company Brambles Commonwealth Bank of Australia CSL Macquarie Macquarie, river, 590 mi (950 km) long, rising in the Blue Mts., E New South Wales, Australia, and flowing NW to the Darling River. It flows through an important sheep- and wheat-raising area. Bank Most progress in investor relations by a non-ASX 100 company Downer EDI FKP FKP - Falkland Islands (Malvinas) Pounds (ISO currency code) FKP - False Key Pulse (Bellcore) Property Group SingTel Smorgon Steel United Group Best communication of corporate performance & shareholder value creation ANZ BHP Billiton Macquarie Bank Rinker Group Wesfarmers Best investor relations for a new issue Babcock & Brown Tattersall's Tishman Speyer Best investment community meetings ANZ BHP Billiton Macquarie Infrastructure Group Wesfarmers Best investor relations & communications during a takeover BHP Billiton GPTGroup WMC Resources Best applied corporate governance BHP Billiton Stockland Wesfarmers Westpac Banking Corporation Best corporate literature ANZ BHP Billiton Rio Tinto Best use of technology for investor relations BHP Billiton Macquarie Infrastructure Group Rio Tinto Telstra Best ongoing management of continuous disclosure to the investment community ANZ BHP Billiton Rio Tinto Woolworths Best investor relations by a New Zealand company Auckland International Airport Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Telecom New Zealand Tower Copyright [c] 2005 JCN Newswire. 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